(sing this like the military boot camp songs with no chords) (optional chords) (E) I don't know why I left (I don't know why I left) (C#m) But I know it won't be long (But I know it won't be long) (B7) E A No It won't be long (No It won't be long) Till I get back home E B7 E They gave me a green uniform and black boots for my feet A E F#m B7 Eighteen and wild as hell I thought it would be neat A E A They put me on a plane to some strange and foreign land E B7 A I said goodbye to mom and dad hello to Uncle Sam CHORUS: open A Once I was a soldier not afraid to die E Now I'm a little older and not afraid to cry A B7 Every day I'm thankful just to be a-live C#m E A B7 E A When you've been where I've been any kind of life is para-dise E B7 E Christmas of '89 was a lonely time for me A E C#m B7 At most it was probably fine but it wasn't nothing like Tenne-see A E A Never thoght the day would come where I might have to kill a man E B7 A Did not sleep a wink that night but we won it for Uncle Sam Chorus, lead, ending ENDING: C#m E A B7 E B7 When you've been where I've been any kind of life is para-dise It's paradise paradise (paradise)